Many farmers lost their land when it was sold to the optimates
It's a business going on in somebody home
More generally, this means that a country declares itself to be on NEITHER side of some conflict.
Some historical examples were the US in 1793 when it declared itself neutral in the conflict between France and Great Britain
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Balban had several military achievements during his vizierhood, first raising the Mongol siege of Uch under Masud Shah in 1246. When the governor of Bengal, Tughral Tughan Khan, revoked the authority of Delhi in 1275, Balban first sent the governor of Awadh and then a second army, both of which met with failure.
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